Implementing Basque Grammar on the Computer
Abstract
This study presents the first results from a trial of an electronic translation of Euskara. At present, the work limits itself to the syntax and to the specialised field of periphrastic conjugation and the ergative and the dative in word declensions. Although no major problems of a linguistic nature remain when it comes to including an extremely wide vocabulary and the complete
morphology, it is only a simplified prototype which does not claim to be a commercial programme.
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